eHealth

The eHealth team provides free information and advice to local elderly, frail, isolated and/or vulnerable people on assistive technologies that can support independent living, improve quality of life and promote proactive personal management of health and social care. To contact the eHealth team call 01482 342294, or email ehealth@goodwin-centre.org

Click here to read a report and evaluation of the eHealth Project (Connecting Neighbourhoods through Telecare) first year activities.

Free personalised assessments

To view some of the items of assistive technology that are available please click here. Alternatively you can call the eHealth Team on 01482 342294 to arrange for a free personalised assessment. Please note to qualify for a free assessment you must aged 55 or older and live within the Hull City Boundary.

Case Studies

Below are some case studies of clients who have engaged with the eHealth Project.

Mr & Mrs Johnson's story Mr & Mrs Greenwood's story Laura's story

Mr and Mrs McNeil's story Michael's story Richard's story

Mr Evan' story Linda and Rob's story Mr & Mrs Robert's story

Mr & Mrs Young's story Mr & Mrs Thompson's story Mrs Sarah Laund's story

Mr Andrew's story Julie's story Mrs Clinton's story

Mr & Mrs Buxton's story Mr & Mrs Wilson's story Mr & Mrs Simpson's story

Mrs Gibb's story Mrs Taylor's story John's story

Focus and Technical User Groups

A large part of what the eHealth team does involves running focus and Technical User Groups (TUGs) to find out what users think of the technology on offer.

These groups are run throughout the city and we try to cover all sections of the community. All group members are aged 55+, come from all areas of the city, are from a variety of home tenure and have varying health and social care needs.

Focus groups are low level interaction with the community and are based at various venues across the city including community and resource centres', and also within communal rooms within sheltered accommodation schemes.

The TUGs consist of members of the community who have previously attended focus groups run by the eHealth Project and would like to become more involved with the eHealth agenda, along with selected technology users who have extensive skills in particular areas such as ICT (information communication technology).

If you would like to attend either a focus group or a TUG please call the eHealth team on 01482 342294.

eHealth Conference 2011

The eHealth Conference was held on Thursday 24th March 2011 at The Octagon in Hull and aimed to provide attendees with the opportunity to look at the future of home health monitoring and assistive technologies that can improve quality of life, aid independent living and improve health and well being.
The conference consisted of a series of presentations around the topics of Telehealth and Telecare, both in Hull and in the UK overall, and the room also contained a number of "stalls" where various companies, projects and organisations were there to provide advice and support around health and social care and independent living.

To read the full event report and evaluation please click here.

Home based ICT training and support

The eHealth Project can also provide access to home based ICT training and support. This support is available to anyone within the Hull City Boundary who is unable to access mainstream services. For further details please contact Lucie on 01482 342294.

Below are reports from previous focus groups and TUGs run by the eHealth Project.